The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-05-21
RAILROAD HORRORS.
Record OF the More n table Disasters OF
This Description.

OH the Great w estern IN canada |
1856 July II, 81 persons. mostly chill
dren, burned ard 100 injured on
North Pennsylvania railroad.
1857 March II. GO persons killed on
Great Western of Canada at Des
Jartl ne Canal.
ls57-June %, IL killed and 100 in
jtircd near Lewishan, England.
lS59-June q. 80 persons killed and 40
wounded by a washout on Mich
igan southern. near South Bend.
Ind
1s59-Angust 2, IS persons killed on
Albany. Vermont & Canada rail-
road in Tomhannoek creek.
1S59-December 81. II persons killed |
at a bridge near Columbus. Ga.
1s61-August 25. 23 persons killed. 100
injured at Croydon tunnel, near
London. England.
1S62-0ctober l3, 10 persons killed. SO |
injured near Winehburg, Scot
land.
ls62-July Is. 80 persons killed. 60 in
jurel on the Erie road near Port
Jarvis.
iS6T-December IS. 40 persons burned
10 nc3Ln near An1Ossls
Shore; December IL. Is lives lost
at Hanlan bridge. Vermont Cen
tral railroad.
1e68-April Il, 20 persons killed. so in
jured NJ Carrs Rock. near Port
Jarvis
tS6S-Au@ust 20, SO persons burned at
Abergele. North Wales.
| ls6S-August 20. 21 persons killed, 60
injured on Northwestern railway
of Bohemia.
/ ts6a-.Iuly II. 10 persons burned a
Mast Hope. n. T.. on Erie
( road.
/ is7l-July s. Is persons killed, 20 in
/ jured at Harpeth River. Tenn.
la7I-August 26. 80 persons killed. sc
/ injured by collision at Revere.
near Boston. Mass
4 iSfl-February G. - lives lost by the
burning of an oil train at New
Hamburger, n. Y.
IST2-Deccmber "a, 10 killed by tram
falling into ravine at Norwich.
England.
September 10. 24 killed. 40
wounded by collision at Shipton.
England.
September 20. 4S drowned by a
train plunging into the Chcrwell
river. England.
ls76-January 81. Is killed by collision
on the Great Northern railway.
England.
1876 September 26. 25 killed by acci-
dent ut Block Lick station. Penn.
lST6-December 2S. over 100 lives
were lost 10y the disaster at Ash
tabula, o.
lS79-December 23. 200 drowned by a
train breaking through the Tay
brilge. Scotland.
lSsl-Mareh 5, 40 emigrants killed in
collision at Macon, Mo. Wreck
ing train proceeding to scene and
ditched and Q persons killed.
lSS2-January IS. collision on the Hud
son river railroad near Spuyter
Duyvil; lives lost, including
Senator Webster Wagner.
fSSS-March so, loss of S3 lives by :
railroad accident on the Cincin
natl Southern railroad near Ma
sons Station. Ohio.-June &c. Il
Cinnamon killed by an acciden
on the Northern Pacific railroa,
$ in Montana 2S. accidcn
e on the Rome. Watertown & Og
densburgh road at Carlyon; 2
persons killed; over 40 injured
: November %. 1S persons kill
cd at ST. Meen. France.
: iSS4-January 3, % persons killed by
: IN lroad collision near Toronto
May 1, col ision near Connells
: vile, Pa, Il lives lost.-June
Il persons killed by an acciden
on the Missouri Pacific railroa
near Mineola-June II, IA pei
sons killed by disaster ut Me-
q Laredo, n. M.-June %. a trai
q falls through bridge near Cur
! ningham, Mo-; 20 persons kille
a or wounded.-July 16, aceider
: on the Manchester and Sheiliel
= railway, England; 25 lives lost
A November IA, Is persons peris
\ in collision mt Hanau. Austri;
Z ISS5-Januarv so. railroad disaster ne:
sydney, n. S. W.; 40 person
killcd.-June 8, train derailC
bv robbers near Rasloff, Russi
40 persons killed and wounded
October Is, collision betweo
/, three Pennsylvania railroa
: trains near Jersey City; IL pc
: sons killed.-December Is, &C
:, lision near Anstcll, Ga; u liy,
- lost.
/" 1SS6-January Is, train wrecked
.e Valdivia, Peru; so soldiers pc
~ ish.-Msrch 10, collision b
70 tween Monte Carlo and Mention
|. = Italy; 20 persons killed.-Se
=, 'e tember IA, collision ON Il
ie "Nickel Plate" road near Br
10 falo; % lives lost.-Oetober 2
y disaster near Rio, Wis; Is pa
% sengers burned to death.-N
:" venber 8, train wrecked ne
iu ~ Nikolaiev and Odessa. Russia;
u' soldiers killed. = December
70 collision at Charkow, Russia;
~ persons perish.
op isS7-,January 4. collision near Tiff
oi Ohio; 20 lives lost. February
er over 20 passengers burned al
hs manned by bridge disaster
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